women and money

As a lawyer, estate planning consultant, and writer, I talk to a lot of parents about planning for their family’s financial future. And I’ve noticed that certain questions come up over and over again, regardless of how many children you…

Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas catalogs, Hanukkah menorahs – the season is here! And in the blink of an eye, it will be time to make (and keep) those New Year’s resolution for 2012.
For parents, I believe the most important resolution…

You now know where to find coupons. Next is the opportunity to learn how to use coupon match websites to find the best deal and start to organize your coupons.
What are Coupon Match Websites?
Coupon Match websites do the…

There are many organizations that dish out TONS of financial education for free. All the tools, savings advice and services can help you build a solid financial foundation.
Here are several sites I recommend and would encourage you to dig…

We all know that we need to have insurance, but which ones do you really need? What will they cover? Here is a list of the different types of insurances and what each of them provides…
Health Insurance
Health insurance…

It is with great pleasure that I announce we have a new guest writer contributing to MainstreamMom! Someone both informed and passionate about the issues of finance. Amanda Ellerbe will write for us weekly with some new and useful ideas…

We are very happy to introduce Jacoba Urist to our MainstreamMom readers. Jacoba is a lawyer, mother and Huffington Post Parents blogger in New York. She has a JD and LL.M in Taxation from New York University. Jacoba spent the…

The following is a staff post from Crystal Stemberger of Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, a personal finance blog about saving for the future, paying the bills, and budgeting in a ton of fun along the way.
Your credit scores…

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